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THE  LIBRARIAN  OF  CONGRESS, 

Copyright  Office, 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

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INFORMATION  CIRCULAR  No.  30. 
SUBJECT: 

CURRENT  ITEMS,  a. 
Canada  Copyright  Act,  1900. 

(2,500.  29,  IX,  lOOO.) 


Masbincjton,  2).  C., 


CANADA. 

All  Act  to  amend  the  Copyright  Act  \i^oo]. 

Her  Majesty,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Commons  of  Canada,  enacts  as  follows  : 

I.  If  a book  as  to  which  there  is  subsi.sting  copyright  under  The  Copy-  In  case  of  license 

• lxAi.li  \ j to  reprint  book 

rignt  Act  has  been  first  lawfully  published  in  any  part  of  Her  Majesty’s  unT^’^Khi" 
dominions  other  than  Canada,  and  if  it  is  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  tBuS, 
Minister  of  Agriculture  that  the  owner  of  the  copyright  so  subsisting  and 
of  the  copyright  acquired  by  such  publication  has  lawfully  granted  a license  other  reprints, 
to  r'  piuduce  in  Canada,  from  movable  or  other  types,  or  from  stereotvjie 
plates,  or  from  electro-plates,  or  fiom  lithograph  stones,  or  by  any  process 
foi  fiiCiiinile  reproduction,  an  edition  or,  editions  of  such  book  designed  for 
sale  only  in  Canada,  the  Minister  may,  notwithstanding  anything  in  The 
Copyright  Act,  by  order  under  his  hand,  prohibit  the  importation,  except 
with  the  written  consent  of  the  licensee,  into  Canada  of  any  copies  of  such 
book  printed  elsewhere , provided  that  two  such  copies  may  be  specially 
imported  for  the  bona  fide  use  of  any  public  free  library  or  any  university 
or  college  library,  or  for  the  library  of  any  duly  incorporated  institution  or 
society  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  such  institution  or  society. 

2.  The  Minister  of  Agriculture  may  at  any  time  in  like  manner,  by  order 
under  his  hand,  suspend  or  revoke  such  prohibition  upon  importation  if  it 
^ is  proved  to  his  satisfaction  that— 

(r?)  the  license  to  reproduce  in  Canada  has  terminated  or  expired ; or 

(b)^  the  reasonable  demand  for  the  book  in  Canada  is  not  sufficiently 
met  without  importation ; or 

{c)  the  book  is  not,  having  regard  to  the  demand  therefor  in  Canada 
being  suitably  printed  or  published ; or 

{d)  any  other  state  of  things  exists  on  account  of  which  it  is  not  in  the 
public  interest  to  further  prohibit  importation. 


3-  At  any  time  after  the  importation  of  a book  has  been  prohibited 
under  section  i of  this  Act,  any  person  resident  or  being  in  Canada  may 
apply,  either  directly  or  through  a book  seller  or  other  agent,  to  the  person 
so  licensed  to  reproduce  such  book,  for  a copy  of  any  edition  of  such  book 
then  on  sale  and  reasonably  obtainable  in  the  United  Kingdom  or  some 
other  part  of  Her  Majesty’s  dominions,  and  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the 
person  so  licensed,  as  soon  as  reasonably  may  be,  to  import  and  sell  such 
copy  to  the  person  so  applying  therefor,  at  the  ordinary  selling  price  of  such 
copy  in  the  United  Kingdom  or  such  other  part  of  Her  Majesty’s  dominions, 
with  the  duty  and  reasonable  forwarding  charges  added;  and  the  failure  or 
neglect,  without  lawful  excuse,  of  the  person  so  licensed  to  supply  such  copy 
within  a reasonable  time,  shall  be  a reason  for  which  the  Minister  may,  if 
he  sees  fit,  suspend  or  revoke  the  prohibition  upon  importation. 

4.  The  Minister  shall  forthwith  inform  the  Department  of  Customs  of^'^^Tl 
any  order  made  by  him  under  this  Act. 

5.  All  books  imported  in  contravention  of  this  Act  may  be  seized 

any  officer  of  Customs,  and  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  Crown  and  destroyed ; 
and  any  person  importing,  or  causing  or  permitting  the  importation,  of  any 
book  in  contravention  of  this  Act  shall,  for  each  offence,  be  liable,  upon 
summary  conviction,  to  a penalty  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars.  — 


Note.— Passed  by  the  House  of  Commons,  July  4,  1900;  by  the  Senate  on  July  9,  1900,  and  assent 
to  by  the  Governor  General  of  Canada,  in  Her  Majesty’s  name,  on  July  18,  1900. 

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